The start of the tour.
Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening! You are welcome to our palace of Peace and Reconciliation! The palace of Peace and Reconciliation is one of the famous cultural centers of Astana. My name is.. and I invite you to the tour of this unique architectural building of our capital.
The idea of construction of the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation was suggested by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Leader of the Nation N.A. Nazarbayev at the First Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, which was conducted in September 2003 at the Palace of Celebrations (Saltanat Saraiy) in Astana.
The first congress became an epochal event of the early 21st century. The Presidents suggestion of global dialogue of cultures and religions found out support by the primary hierarchs of the World Confession. In 2006, at the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation was already held the second congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.
Model of Palace of Peace and Reconciliation.
For your attention there is the model of our Palace, where we will attend 3 main halls with you such as: there is the exhibition hall at the 1st floor, at the same time there is an Opera hall; at the 3rd floor there you can see the biggest hall of our Pyramid - Atrium and the last step of our tour will be the 8th floor which is the top of our Palace there you can see the small conference hall-Cradle.
The 1st picture: Foster and partners.
To define the best project of the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation was announced an international competition. The competition completed by the victory of British architect Norman Foster at 2004.
Architecture is both the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings and other physical structures. In 1983, N.R. Foster was awarded the Gold Medal of Royal institute of Architects in UK. He also awarded the titles of Knight and Lord. He was twice the Pritzker prizeman (which is well-known as the Nobel Prize in architectural sphere). On December 13, 2014 N.R. Foster was awarded the State Prize for the contribution to the development of architectural art by the President of Kazakhstan N.A.Nazarbayev.
The 2nd sketch: elevators.
Here for your attention the original sketches of Norman Foster. Lifts go/move not up and down by one line, they move diagonally at the angle to the 60 degrees. Lifts like this except The Palace of Peace and Reconciliation, you can meet in the Eiffel tower in Paris, in hotel Luxor in Las Vegas and others.
The 3rd sketch: general parameters of the Pyramid.
The building was constructed in the form of regular pyramid, the height of the building is 75 meters. It combines the coordination of the golden section: length of the challenges of the building foundation is 63 meters, and the height is 63 meters. The general area of the pyramid is 28 thousand square meters.
The 4th sketch: construction process.
Building of the Palace was began in autumn of 2005, and was ended in record short period of time (13 monthes) by turkish building company. 2000 builders of different nationalities participated in construction phase: the Kazakhs, the Russians, the Turks, the British, the Italians, the Hungarians, the Uzbeks and others.
The 5th sketch: peculiarities of the construction.
The base of the pyramid consists of steel. The general weight of steel is 5100 tones. British architect Norman Foster took into consideration the sharpy continental climate of the city, and in order to avoid building deformation it was constructed on the movable foundation. Because of this, big steel carcass moves in winter, when the temperature in Astana falls, sometimes to the 40 degree, structure is compresses and moves. The dimensions of the building, depending on the season differences, change in 6 cm.
The 6th sketch: The top of the Opera hall likes the sun.
There is the most beautiful element of the Opera hall is the top in the form of the sun, symbolizes the energy and the eternal life.
